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Cambodia - Getting to know the Angkor Temples

Until it began to disintegrate in the late 13th century, Angkor was the largest pre-industrial city in the world, home to over a million inhabitants. Angkor Wat and its surrounding temples are just the core of the vast settlement that was capital city of the old Khmer empire from the 9th century to around the 15th. More of Angkor's ancient districts are being discovered under nearby jungle every year, as archaeology techniques grow more sophisticated.